Abstract
Book Review
Feminists Confront State Violence
Book information: Matthiesen, S., Fischer, A. G., & LeBrón, M. (Eds.). (2024). Feminists confront state violence. Duke University Press. ISBN 9781478027980.
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- Fischer, A. G., Matthiesen, S., & LeBrón, M. (2024). Editors’ introduction: Making our way out, in A. G. Fischer, S. Matthiesen and M. LeBrón (eds), Feminists Confront State Violence (pp. 1-8). Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
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APA 7th edition
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Reference: Smyth, R. (2026). Feminists confront state violence.
Feminist Encounters: A Journal of Critical Studies in Culture and Politics, 10(1), Article 19.
https://doi.org/10.20897/femenc/17941
AMA 10th edition
In-text citation: (1), (2), (3), etc.
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Feminist Encounters: A Journal of Critical Studies in Culture and Politics. 2026;10(1), 19.
https://doi.org/10.20897/femenc/17941
Chicago
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Reference: Smyth, Rebecca. "Feminists confront state violence".
Feminist Encounters: A Journal of Critical Studies in Culture and Politics 2026 10 no. 1 (2026): 19.
https://doi.org/10.20897/femenc/17941
Harvard
In-text citation: (Smyth, 2026)
Reference: Smyth, R. (2026). Feminists confront state violence.
Feminist Encounters: A Journal of Critical Studies in Culture and Politics, 10(1), 19.
https://doi.org/10.20897/femenc/17941
MLA
In-text citation: (Smyth, 2026)
Reference: Smyth, Rebecca "Feminists confront state violence".
Feminist Encounters: A Journal of Critical Studies in Culture and Politics, vol. 10, no. 1, 2026, 19.
https://doi.org/10.20897/femenc/17941
Vancouver
In-text citation: (1), (2), (3), etc.
Reference: Smyth R. Feminists confront state violence. Feminist Encounters: A Journal of Critical Studies in Culture and Politics. 2026;10(1):19.
https://doi.org/10.20897/femenc/17941